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Tue, 20 Feb 2018 17:57:31 +0000en-UShourly1Tierra Foundation featured on NPR’s Here & Nowhttps://tierraresourcesllc.com/tierra-foundation-featured-nprs-now/
https://tierraresourcesllc.com/tierra-foundation-featured-nprs-now/#respondThu, 15 Jun 2017 02:42:10 +0000http://tierraresourcesllc.com/?p=2139Tierra Foundation worked with NPR’s Peter O’Dowd to develop a several week series on Louisiana. O’Dowd is the Assistant Managing Editor for Here & Now, a two hour show on NPR that reflects the fluid world of news with timely, in-depth interviews and conversation. His show reaches an estimated 4.5 million weekly listeners on over […]

]]>Tierra Foundation worked with NPR’s Peter O’Dowd to develop a several week series on Louisiana. O’Dowd is the Assistant Managing Editor for Here & Now, a two hour show on NPR that reflects the fluid world of news with timely, in-depth interviews and conversation. His show reaches an estimated 4.5 million weekly listeners on over 450 stations across the country. Thank you to all that helped to make this series possible. The pod-casts from the series can be listened to below:

]]>https://tierraresourcesllc.com/tierra-foundation-featured-nprs-now/feed/0Tierra Resources is Participating in New Orleans Entrepreneurship Boomhttps://tierraresourcesllc.com/tierra-resources-participating-new-orleans-entrepreneurship-boom/
https://tierraresourcesllc.com/tierra-resources-participating-new-orleans-entrepreneurship-boom/#respondWed, 11 May 2016 17:15:31 +0000http://tierraresourcesllc.com/?p=2068Did New Orleans Just Create a Season For Business and Entrepreneurship? Adriana Lopez , CONTRIBUTOR Tim Williamson, CEO of The Idea Village in New Orleans, can make anything – even the most unbelievable of things – sound exciting. He’s quite convincing, turning the most cynical into believers. If you’ve met him, you’ve drank the Kool-Aid. It […]

Tim Williamson, CEO of The Idea Village in New Orleans, can make anything – even the most unbelievable of things – sound exciting. He’s quite convincing, turning the most cynical into believers. If you’ve met him, you’ve drank the Kool-Aid. It tastes like whisky and entrepreneurship in New Orleans, and he has spent the past 15 years perfecting his elevator pitch.

Here is the craziest part: no matter how insane his pitches have sounded over the past 15 years, his ideas have had a way of being actualized. When they do, the next pitch becomes even more unbelievable.

The story has been told before, but here is the Cliffs Notes version. A decade and a half ago, New Orleans was dried up of any possible new businesses and there was a mass exodus of college graduates leaving the city. A group of men, Williamson included, dreamed up a city that was known for entrepreneurship and innovation.

It started with a doodle on a napkin in a hotel bar. That doodle became a nonprofit organization that now helps entrepreneurs in New Orleans. Just last month, that nonprofit, The Idea Village, brought together 55 organizations, 185 regional startups and over 13,000 people over one week in mid-March to celebrate the region’s businesses during New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (or NOEW, as the loyalists call it), which was bookended by two other business conferences.

“I think a lot of what is happening in New Orleans is a result of an effort built on entrepreneurship,” said Williamson. “It was an effort to elevate our brand for more than just music and food.”

In the years following Katrina, more organizations emerged in New Orleans, truly becoming a catalyst for the renaissance the city is witnessing today. A group of entrepreneurs created an “ecosystem” in Downtown New Orleans. Much like a game of monopoly, they each took over office space in a building known as The IP Building – Andrea Chen created Propeller, a space for social entrepreneurs; Matt Candler, a home for Teach for Americaalums turned entrepreneurs at 4.0 Schools; and Chris Schultz opened Launch Pad, a co-working space and accelerator program for tech startups. It wasn’t an overnight success like some might have you believe, but 15 years later, these crazy dreams are manifesting.

Last year, Williamson’s pitch became more insane: to celebrate entrepreneurship as a season, sandwiched between New Orleans’ long celebrated carnival and festival seasons. He added that “entrepreneur season” would be part of the city’s “rhythms and rituals.” His goal is to make New Orleans globally relevant and the recognized “tech hub of the south” by 2018, the city’s tricentennial. By the end of April, New Orleans will have hosted three business conferences in the month between Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest with the addition of Collision, the country’s fastest-growing tech conference. Did New Orleans build it and it came?

“What New Orleans has done best is connect and convene people,” added Williamson. “We’ve always done it around people – the growth of NOEW has been a manifestation of the ability to connect around business and now the globe will connect around New Orleans.”

During March, New Orleans got down to business withRES/CON, a conference created by The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center of New Orleans as an effort to generate hotel room sales after Katrina. Formerly known as the International Disaster Conference and Expo, the conference was rebranded by GNO Inc., focusing on an idea of a resilience industry, disaster recovery and engaging both the private and public sectors to get prepared for any kind of disaster. Although smaller in size, the conference covers a wide range of issues across multiple sectors. Business leaders from around the world attended to discuss how their businesses prepare and overcome any kind of disaster. It seemed only appropriate that it was hosted in New Orleans.

“RES/CON focuses on the ability for communities to bounce back, but we are also bringing business into it,” said Jeff Hebert, Chief Resiliency Officer in New Orleans. “New Orleans is uniquely positioned to bring people together to discuss those issues. “

New Orleans has had a huge interest in resiliency since bouncing back after Katrina. One of the largest sectors to come out of New Orleans during its recovery is water management, with companies like Tierra Resources.

But, that’s one of thing that has helped New Orleans actualize a new city – interest. Interest in new sectors like water management and disaster recovery, but also entrepreneurship and technology.

“I think that, as a business/entrepreneur/startup/tech city, things are growing right in lockstep with the resurgence of tourism and all the things New Orleans does so well – hospitality, culture, culinary and music,” said Chris Schultz, who is also a co-host of Collision and producer of the Launch Pad Pitch competition during the three-day event. “If we weren’t able to attract these conferences or events around sectors that are important to New Orleans, then we’d be doing something wrong. We are definitely taking advantage of why people care about New Orleans.”

The series of business conferences in New Orleans closes with the addition of Collision, the country’s fastest growing tech conference, which was previously held in Las Vegas. With Collision growing at a fast rate, organizers needed to find a larger community and ecosystem. As the American relative to the widely popular Web Summit conference in Dublin, Collision is expecting over 11,000 people to convene in New Orleans during Jazz Fest.

You never know what might happen on the Collision stage, or in New Orleans. (Photo Credit: Collision)

“Collision is all about networking and meeting people, and New Orleans has been extremely welcoming and helpful to our team,” said Paddy Cosgrave, founder of Web Summit and Collision. “The strong community that New Orleans encompasses was a huge draw for us moving there. We are also huge fans of music and are hosting our Music Summit for the first time at Collision, which takes place in the middle of Jazz Fest.”

In a game of word association, business conference might be the last word you think of to describe New Orleans. Music, unique culinary experiences and hangovers come to mind, but it seems that business leaders are now using those qualities to attract more than just bachelor parties. More than hotel room and convention center sales for a few days, these conferences are drawing in new businesses into New Orleans permanently.

One example is Smashing Boxes, a digital product agency based in Durham, North Carolina that set up roots in New Orleans earlier this year. The company’s CEO, Nick Jordan, started considering New Orleans for a second office after a trip to New Orleans last March to attend NOEW as a speaker. It was his first trip to the city in 17 years, and he admits that prior to that trip, he would never have considered New Orleans as another market for an office. Jordan emphasizes on the fact that his first trip to The Big Easy 13 months ago was a “big moment in time” for him and Smashing Boxes. It gave him a look into the city’s culture, mentality and a vision from business leaders that resonated so well with his own.

“Our employees want a life outside of work that is enriched with social activities, music, art, food and history. New Orleans has that in spades,” said Jordan. “Much like Durham, New Orleans has an underdog mentality – we work together, we have a chip on our shoulder and we want to prove to the world that we are going to be an incredible hub of innovation and entrepreneurship and a force to be reckoned with.”

He added that the city’s business leaders were a large part of what drew him to New Orleans.

“From the people at GNO Inc. like Michael Hecht to Tim Williamson at the Idea Village, there is a great amount of people that have an incredible vision for the city,” Jordan continued. “I hope we can not only ride the coat tails of awesome leaders like this, but eventually become a leader and a visionary in our own right one day.”

Michael Hecht is the CEO of the region’s economic development organization, GNO Inc., he understands more than anyone that New Orleans’ brand has long been somewhat of a double edge sword for the city. The very qualities that have attracted people have equally scared them away.

“We have one of the strongest municipal brands in the world, but people understand it in a limited fashion,” said Hecht. “At least in our experience, the only way you get people to understand the true breadth of economic and lifestyle opportunities in New Orleans is to have them on the ground.”

The three conferences are all very different from each other – all founded at different times, by different people and for different reasons. However, they all speak to how the city has diversified over the years. And whether it was serendipity, voodoo or just strategic planning, it looks like New Orleanians need to prepare to celebrate yet another season.

]]>https://tierraresourcesllc.com/tierra-resources-participating-new-orleans-entrepreneurship-boom/feed/0USA Today Recognizes Tierra Resources in Leading the Charge to Prevent the Next Katrinahttps://tierraresourcesllc.com/usa-today-recognizes-tierra-resources-leading-charge-prevent-next-katrina/
https://tierraresourcesllc.com/usa-today-recognizes-tierra-resources-leading-charge-prevent-next-katrina/#respondWed, 11 May 2016 16:42:56 +0000http://tierraresourcesllc.com/?p=2066Strategies: Entrepreneurs preventing the next Katrina Rhonda Abrams, Special for USA TODAY When people envision entrepreneurs working to save the world, it’s not likely they picture someone like Sarah Mack, Ph.D. A fast-talking farm-raised gal who fishes and hunts (including alligators), Mack’s a whip-smart scientist determined to help save the Gulf Coast from the devastation of another […]

When people envision entrepreneurs working to save the world, it’s not likely they picture someone like Sarah Mack, Ph.D. A fast-talking farm-raised gal who fishes and hunts (including alligators), Mack’s a whip-smart scientist determined to help save the Gulf Coast from the devastation of another hurricane like Katrina.

Mack is one of the new breed of New Orleans-based entrepreneurs dedicated to reviving the region and preventing another killer storm from devastating the area. Through her for-profit small business — Tierra Resources — Mack works with private corporations to come up with new methods of restoring wetlands. Mack pioneered getting wetlands restoration approved as a method of carbon credit offsets, potentially unleashing substantial funding for this means of coastal protection.

Mack launched Tierra Resources in 2007 with two Louisiana State Universityprofessors as core team members, John Day and Rob Lane. Their goal was to create the business case behind private investment into wetlands restoration and to explore new, more cost-effective methods of creating and preserving wetlands.

Sarah Mack and her team at Tierra Resources are working to speed up the introduction of new wetlands trees to prevent destruction like Hurricane Katrina caused. (Photo: Tierra Resources)

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On Aug. 26, Tierra Resources announced the success of a three-year pilot project conducted in conjunction with Conoco Phillips, Entergy Corp. and other private companies. They have, for the first time, been able to “air seed” mangroves using crop duster planes, enabling the development of new wetlands at a fraction of previous costs.

“The Louisiana region is vital to the national economy,” said Mack, who holds a doctorate from Tulane University in Global Sustainable Resource Management and is a certified floodplain manager. “Wetlands loss is a national crisis.”

Healthy wetlands provide substantial protection against hurricane damage. They reduce surge, store water and slow floodwaters. They also break the waves. “The waves are the most damaging to the levees,” Mack said. “Wave energy is like an earthquake.”

Last March, Mack gave me a tour of the shrinking wetlands and of the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans. The Lower Ninth was inundated 10 years ago when Katrina hit, in large part because of previous wetlands loss. It has still not fully recovered, and it’s here where Brad Pitt has established his Make it Right foundation to build sustainable homes.

As the Gulf has gotten warmer, sea levels have risen and land has shrunk. “Louisiana is losing a football field of land AN HOUR. That’s one of the fastest rates in the world,” said Mack. Wetlands help reduce this land loss as well as protect against hurricane damage.

Most Americans don’t realize the importance of Gulf Coast ports. “The mouth of the Mississippi is one of the largest agricultural ports in the U.S. It’s also a major port for oil and gas,” she said.

A three-week closure of Port Fourchon, which is just south of New Orleans, from a Katrina-like hurricane would result in national losses of $11.2 billion in sales, $3.1 billion in household earnings and affect nearly 65,000 jobs, according to a 2014 report by the Greater LaFourche Port Commission.

One of Mack’s approaches is to speed up the introduction of new wetlands trees — mangroves. “Our personal goal is to establish at least 30,000 acres of mangroves in the next 10 years,” she said.

“1989 was the last hard freeze in Louisiana,” Mack said. “The southern reaches of Louisiana are now part of the tropical zone. Mangroves are a tropical tree, happier in warmer climates.”

Mack and her company, Tierra Resources, won the 2013 New Orleans Water Challenge, an annual competition identifying entrepreneurs working on solving critical water issues. The contest, conducted by New Orleans organizations Propeller, The Idea Village, and the Greater New Orleans Foundation has brought increased attention and support for water-related entrepreneurial ventures.

The 2013 Water Challenge was won by entrepreneur Tyler Ortego of ORA Estuaries, a startup developing innovative methods to create concrete breakwaters that generate natural oyster reefs as coastal protection.

At Louisiana State University, Ortego worked with Matt Campbell, whose graduate research led to the patent for the first oyster reef structure. “We combined concrete and good coastal engineering and made a modular breakwater that oysters grow on,” said Ortego.

Ortego and Mack are part of the resurgence of New Orleans entrepreneurship: profit-oriented but determined to save the coast and city they love.

“We’re part of a landscape,” said Ortego. “Every piece is an incremental improvement to the whole system. But there’s a whole lot of pieces that still need to be put in.”

]]>San Diego, Calif. (March 9, 2016) – Each year the Climate Change Business Journal (CCBJ) recognizes outstanding business performance in the climate change industry with the CCBJ Business Achievement Awards.

Tierra Resources and ConocoPhillips are pleased to announce that our three-year mangrove air seeding pilot project to protect against wetland erosion and hurricane surge will receive the CCBJ 2016 Project Merit: Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Award. This project was the first in the world to use crop duster airplanes to establish black mangroves and also contributed to the carbon science of prevented wetland loss.

Tierra Resources’ long-term partner Entergy Corporation will also be acknowledged at a special ceremony Wednesday evening at the Environmental Industry Summit XIV. Entergy Corporation will receive the CCBJ 2016 Business Model Innovation: Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Award for their support of the expansion of the wetland carbon quantification methodology developed by Tierra Resources. This methodology now provides carbon finance options for wetland restoration techniques that prevent wetland loss and the associated release of greenhouse gas emissions.

Tierra Resources is excited to be joining forces with Entergy in 2016 to further demonstrate the scalability and affordability of mangrove air seeding. In the next ten years, Tierra Resources aims to stand by its commitment to preserve wetlands for the next generation by scaling its proven air seeding restoration technique to over 30,000 acres of coastal Louisiana.

]]>https://tierraresourcesllc.com/climate-change-business-journal-recognizes-firms-for-growth-and-innovation/feed/0Times-Picayune: Crop Dusters Seed Mangroves by Air to Save Louisiana Wetlandshttps://tierraresourcesllc.com/times-picayune-crop-dusters-seed-mangroves-by-air-to-save-louisiana-wetlands/
https://tierraresourcesllc.com/times-picayune-crop-dusters-seed-mangroves-by-air-to-save-louisiana-wetlands/#respondThu, 03 Sep 2015 01:14:22 +0000http://tierraresourcesllc.com/?p=2057Dropping mangrove seedlings from the air onto salt marshes in southeast Louisiana has the potential to reduce wetlands loss more cheaply and effectively than other coastal restoration techniques currently in use, say proponents of the idea. New Orleans-based Tierra Resources announced Wednesday (August 26) that a three-year pilot project, conducted in partnership with ConocoPhillips, succeeded in planting mangroves […]

]]>Dropping mangrove seedlings from the air onto salt marshes in southeast Louisiana has the potential to reduce wetlands loss more cheaply and effectively than other coastal restoration techniques currently in use, say proponents of the idea.

New Orleans-based Tierra Resources announced Wednesday (August 26) that a three-year pilot project, conducted in partnership with ConocoPhillips, succeeded in planting mangroves via crop-duster airplane at three one-acre sites in Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes.

]]>https://tierraresourcesllc.com/times-picayune-crop-dusters-seed-mangroves-by-air-to-save-louisiana-wetlands/feed/0Tierra Resources an Inaugural Member of the NOLA100https://tierraresourcesllc.com/tierra-resources-an-inaugural-member-of-the-nola100/
https://tierraresourcesllc.com/tierra-resources-an-inaugural-member-of-the-nola100/#respondWed, 02 Sep 2015 15:26:25 +0000http://tierraresourcesllc.com/?p=2055NEW ORLEANS (Wednesday, August 26, 2015) – Today, Matt Wisdom, Co-founder of TurboSquid.com and The Idea Village, along with the nonprofit organizations driving New Orleans’ entrepreneurial ecosystem, unveiled the inaugural members of the NOLA100. The NOLA100 is a group of startups that have gained significant traction and have been recognized as leaders of the local […]

]]>NEW ORLEANS (Wednesday, August 26, 2015) – Today, Matt Wisdom, Co-founder of TurboSquid.com and The Idea Village, along with the nonprofit organizations driving New Orleans’ entrepreneurial ecosystem, unveiled the inaugural members of the NOLA100. The NOLA100 is a group of startups that have gained significant traction and have been recognized as leaders of the local entrepreneurship movement. The goal is to reach the 100th company by 2018, New Orleans’ tri-centennial. New members will be added each August in conjunction with The Idea Village’s Entrepalooza event.

“The entrepreneurial movement is well on its way to becoming a significant part of the GDP of New Orleans,” said Wisdom. “It’s time to recognize these entrepreneurs, their companies, and the impact they are having in diversifying our economy.”

]]>https://tierraresourcesllc.com/tierra-resources-an-inaugural-member-of-the-nola100/feed/0The Advocate: Aerial planting of mangrove seeds proving to be effective method of protecting struggling marshes in Louisianahttps://tierraresourcesllc.com/the-advocate-aerial-planting-of-mangrove-seeds-proving-to-be-effective-method-of-protecting-struggling-marshes-in-louisiana/
https://tierraresourcesllc.com/the-advocate-aerial-planting-of-mangrove-seeds-proving-to-be-effective-method-of-protecting-struggling-marshes-in-louisiana/#respondWed, 26 Aug 2015 16:45:37 +0000http://tierraresourcesllc.com/?p=2048Taking to the sky and pelting deteriorating wetlands with mangrove seeds has proven to be a quicker and cheaper way to get the plants established than the traditional method of taking long boat trips and planting by hand. Tierra Resources, a New Orleans-based group working to find new ways to fund coastal restoration through carbon […]

]]>Taking to the sky and pelting deteriorating wetlands with mangrove seeds has proven to be a quicker and cheaper way to get the plants established than the traditional method of taking long boat trips and planting by hand.

Tierra Resources, a New Orleans-based group working to find new ways to fund coastal restoration through carbon credit funding, announced that three, 1-acre plots have shown the aerial planting technique works.

Tierra Resources did a three-year pilot project in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes testing the theory that planting mangroves by air could be a cost-effective alternative to traditional methods. The work was done in partnership with ConocoPhillips, which owns 640,000 acres of wetlands in coastal Louisiana.

NEW ORLEANS, La. and Portland, Ore. (March 5, 2015) – A two-year assessment of the potential to develop blue carbon projects on Louisiana’s coast estimates that carbon finance revenue can provide up to $1.6 billion in critical funding to assist with wetland restoration over the next 50 years. The study, supported by Entergy Corporation through their Environmental Initiatives Fund, and prepared in partnership by New Orleans-based Tierra Resources and Portland-based nonprofit The Climate Trust, examines existing wetland restoration techniques—river diversions, hydrologic restoration, wetland assimilation, and mangrove plantings—identifying areas for future scientific investigation to support carbon offset programs.

Findings from the report will be shared by Tierra Resources and the American Carbon Registry at a free national webinar, scheduled for March 5, 2015, at 1 p.m. Central Standard Time.

Initial study findings showed that restoration in Louisiana has the potential to produce over 1.8 million offsets per year; almost 92 million offsets over 50 years. This is the equivalent of taking approximately 350 thousand cars off the road each year or 20 million cars off the road over 50 years. Wetland restoration techniques identified in this study could potentially generate $400 million to $1 billion in offset revenue depending on the dollar value of the carbon offset—with the potential for almost $630 million more by including prevented wetland loss in the carbon accounting.

Entergy’s commitment to the study stems from the company’s mission to create sustainable value for all its stakeholders. Wetlands play a crucial role in storm protection for many Entergy communities, helping preserve industries, businesses, homes, and livelihoods along with Entergy’s own facilities and assets.

“Entergy was pleased to be able to sponsor this important work and help unlock the huge potential for wetland carbon credits in Louisiana,” said Chuck Barlow, vice president for environmental strategy & policy for Entergy Corporation. “By capitalizing on the economic benefits offered through carbon credits, more of Louisiana’s wetlands can be restored and preserved. Eventually, this work in Louisiana can be expanded to address other critical wetland areas throughout the nation and the world, making this study a first step, with the potential for major global impact.”

Of the restoration techniques studied, forested wetlands that receive treated municipal effluent, referred to as wetland assimilation systems, have the highest net offset yield per acre. However, it was concluded that river diversions and mangrove plantings have the potential to generate the largest volume of offsets in Louisiana due to the huge amount of acreage upon which these restoration techniques can be implemented. Additionally, carbon offsets from wetland assimilation systems and river diversions show potential to be stacked with water quality credits should these markets evolve in Louisiana.

The primary barrier to wetland carbon commercialization that was identified through this study is the high cost of wetland restoration. Carbon finance will likely lead to new public-private partnerships that leverage carbon funds with government restoration dollars to stimulate investment into wetland projects.

“The results of this study demonstrate that carbon finance has substantial potential to generate important revenue to support wetland restoration,” said lead author Dr. Sarah Mack, President and CEO of Tierra Resources. “Furthermore, this study points to Louisiana as an innovator of creative financing strategies for wetland restoration, and as creating new investment opportunities that will yield substantial economic and environmental benefits.”

The American Carbon Registry, a leading voluntary and California compliance Cap-and-Trade Offset Project Registry, in 2012 approved a methodology developed by Tierra Resources, which quantifies the greenhouse gas emission reductions and carbon sequestration associated with restoring degraded deltaic wetlands in the Mississippi Delta. This methodology allows landowners and project developers to document, quantify, and seek verification for the GHG benefit of their wetland restoration projects, ultimately leading to certified offset credits that can be sold as carbon credits in the voluntary market.

“Carbon markets provide economic incentives for reducing carbon emissions, as well as an important and innovative approach to finance environmental restoration and conservation,” said Dick Kempka, vice president of business development for The Climate Trust. “The opportunity to engage in this emerging sector and help provide a path for wetlands restoration to enter the carbon markets has been an exciting journey.”

The restoration of the Mississippi River Delta and the storage of blue carbon (the carbon captured by coastal ecosystems) is of national significance. The economic health of much of the United States depends on sustaining the navigation, flood control, energy production, and seafood resources of this valuable deltaic river system. Each of those functions is currently at severe risk due to a coastal wetland loss rate of approximately one football field an hour.

“Wetland restoration provides a wealth of benefits including storm surge reduction, habitat preservation, carbon sequestration and recreation; as well as job creation, and economic development that are vital to Louisiana’s sustainability and resilience,” states Michael Hecht, President & CEO of Greater New Orleans, Inc. “By innovating creative financing solutions for coastal restoration, local companies like Tierra Resources are contributing to the growing hub of Emerging Environmental expertise that can be found in Greater New Orleans.”

###About Tierra Resources
Based in New Orleans, La., Tierra Resources was founded in 2007 with a mission to conserve, protect, and restore coastal wetland ecosystems by creating innovative solutions that support investment into blue carbon. Tierra Resources is nationally recognized innovator in the research, development, and monetization of blue carbon contained in coastal wetland ecosystems, such as estuaries, mangroves, and salt marshes. Tierra Resources’ services enable landowners, corporations, nonprofits, and government clients to understand the regulatory, financial, and scientific landscape to preserve and restore wetlands and monetize wetland offsets.

About Entergy Corporation
Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company recognized for its leadership in environmental and social responsibility. This research was supported by Entergy Corporation through its Environmental Initiatives Fund . The EIF was established by shareholders to implement environmentally beneficial projects such as working with companies like Tierra Resources to develop leading-edge technologies and other environmentally beneficial projects that align with Entergy’s environmental strategy. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.8 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of more than $12 billion and approximately 13,000 employees.

About The Climate Trust
The Climate Trust is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with over 15 years of carbon financing experience. Our mission is transforming the economy to value our climate. In order to arrest the rise in greenhouse gas emissions and to avoid the most dangerous impacts of climate change, The Climate Trust works to accelerate project implementation, develop financing solutions, and establish a supportive policy environment in the agriculture, forestry and biogas sectors.

About the American Carbon Registry
The nonprofit American Carbon Registry (ACR), an enterprise of Winrock International, is a leading carbon offset program recognized for its strong standards for environmental integrity. Founded in 1996 as the first private voluntary registry in the world, ACR has 20 years of experience in the development of rigorous, science-based carbon offset standards and methodologies as well as in carbon offset issuance, serialization and transparent online transaction and retirement reporting. ACR has set the bar for transparency and integrity that is the market standard today and continues to lead carbon market innovation.

]]>https://tierraresourcesllc.com/study-highlights-blue-carbon-potential-on-louisianas-coast/feed/0Forbes: Corporations Fund Deltaic Wetland Restoration With Carbon Creditshttps://tierraresourcesllc.com/forbes-corporations-fund-deltaic-wetland-restoration-with-carbon-credits/
https://tierraresourcesllc.com/forbes-corporations-fund-deltaic-wetland-restoration-with-carbon-credits/#respondMon, 27 Apr 2015 12:02:58 +0000http://tierraresourcesllc.com/?p=1993On April 10, 2010, exactly five years ago to the day, the Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded off the coast of Louisiana, causing detrimental effects to Louisiana’s delicate coastline and the animals that inhabit it, as well as businesses throughout the Gulf Coast region. It was the biggest oil spill in the history of the […]

]]>On April 10, 2010, exactly five years ago to the day, the Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded off the coast of Louisiana, causing detrimental effects to Louisiana’s delicate coastline and the animals that inhabit it, as well as businesses throughout the Gulf Coast region. It was the biggest oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry, which spilled oil into the Gulf of Mexico for several months consecutively. It wasn’t until September 19, 2010 that the well was officially sealed after several failed efforts. Its impact to the coast and the rest of the country is ongoing, however.

For some in Louisiana, the catastrophe became an opportunity. People received monetary settlements for their business and land loss. The state continues to receive funding to expand water management efforts and restore the Louisiana Coast, which had been eroding long before BP ’s unfortunate accident. The oil spill only accelerated the disappearance of the delicate coastline, and local leaders and entrepreneurs in the water management industry have been working hard to find more long-term solutions to help restore and protect the coastline and the ecosystem.

]]>https://tierraresourcesllc.com/forbes-corporations-fund-deltaic-wetland-restoration-with-carbon-credits/feed/0Two Year Study Reveals Carbon Finance Revenue Can Create Up to $1.6 Billion for Wetland Restoration Projectshttps://tierraresourcesllc.com/two-year-study-reveals-carbon-finance-revenue-can-create-up-to-1-6-billion-for-wetland-restoration-projects/
https://tierraresourcesllc.com/two-year-study-reveals-carbon-finance-revenue-can-create-up-to-1-6-billion-for-wetland-restoration-projects/#respondSun, 29 Mar 2015 12:24:08 +0000http://tierraresourcesllc.com/?p=1990A joint report has been released by Tierra Resources, The Climate Trust and Entergy estimating that carbon finance revenue can create as much as $1.6 billion for wetland restoration. The Gulf South regional players, along with Portland-based The Climate Trust, are building expertise on research, education, business development and job creation in the coastal restoration […]

]]>A joint report has been released by Tierra Resources, The Climate Trust and Entergy estimating that carbon finance revenue can create as much as $1.6 billion for wetland restoration.

The Gulf South regional players, along with Portland-based The Climate Trust, are building expertise on research, education, business development and job creation in the coastal restoration and environmental space.